The City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism and the Department of Planning and Development in partnership with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), invite artists and artist/fabricator teams to submit their qualifications and concepts for art panels and seating to be included in bus shelters along our city's Broad and North Main Street transit corridors. This is a first of its kind project for the City of Providence and we enthusiastically await artist response.
A total of seventeen sites along these two bus routes will receive art installations as a result of this program and call for art. Stipends awarded to selected artists will range from $8,000 to $23,000 for concept, fabrication and installation of the bus shelter and seating elements. Past experience in fabrication and public art design is a requirement for this RFP. Artists without such a background are encouraged to team up with the appropriate 3D artists and fabricators.
All proposals must be received by July 8, 2013, 4 pm
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS - Please click on below links:
- Full Request For Proposals with Application Form
- Attachment 1 Interpretive Themes
- Attachment 2 Design Guidelines
- Attachment 3 Schematic Drawings of Art Elements
- Attachment 4 Schematic Drawings of Standard Seating Elements
- Attachment 5 Channel Details (Panel Attachment to Frame)
Information presented at a public Information Session, held on June 25, 2013, is available for download. Staff from the City, RIPTA and Klopfer Martin Design Group (the project's landscape architect) answered questions. Responses to these questions are provided below.
- Information Session: Presentation, June 25, 2013
- Information Session: Questions and Answers
- ART in Transit Interpretive Theme Resource List